White-browed Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella insignis)

Other Names (World)
White-browed Jungle-Flycatcher, Luzon Jungle-flycatcher, Rusty-flanked Jungle-flycatcher, Insignia Jungle-flycatcher, White-browed Jungle Flycatcher

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Ogilvie-Grant, 1895)

Habitat
Understorey of montane or mossy forest, apparently favouring thick, shady patches in areas dominated by oaks. Above 950 m, and principally above 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Philippines (B) (NB).

Northern Luzon, in northern Philippines.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction through conversion to agricultural land, primarily for vegetable production, and logging, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Skulking and seldom seen.

Voice
Not well known but thought to utter thin high-pitched phrases.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

White-browed Jungle Flycatcher (Vauriella insignis) [XC81156]
by id from Mount Polis, Luzon, Philippines (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Eyebrowed Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella gularis), White-throated Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella albigularis) and Slaty-backed Jungle-flycatcher (Vauriella goodfellowi) and all previously regarded as conspecific, but now considered to differ sufficiently to warrant treatment as separate species.

Similar Species
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus) superficially similar but has very different behaviour, paler, greyer head and lacks dark breast-band.

References
See References.

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